Chapter 123
Chapter 123 – Rogue Attacks
Sinir
After E shared her story with me, we spent a long time just kissing and cuddling, talking through our
feelings and reaffirming our love. Still, E wasn’t entirely soothed. I could tell she was still beating
herself up about her panic attack, no matter how many times I promised her it was all right.
“I just want to be able to give you what you need.” E moans after a while, sounding as miserable as
ever.
“I don’t need to tie you up, baby.” I promise, wondering if I’ll ever be able to convince her that she’s
enough for me – exactly as she is. “There are plenty of other things we can do.”
“But the idea of being tied up with you doesn’t frighten me.” E confesses, surprising me. “I think it
was just the way you asked. Because it wasn’t about you and me, it was about what had been done to
me in the past.”
I frown, unsure if she’s beingpletely forthright. “That’s possible.” I agree. “But the chances are that
if the question was that upsetting, feeling it would be worse.”
“Not if I know it’sing, and not if I’m handcuffed or something. The straps on a medical table are
different.” E argues. “I’m not saying I want to try it right this second or when you’re really stressed. It
would probably be better when things are calmer so that if I do panic it doesn’t ruin everything, but I
think I would like to try sometime.”
“You really don’t have to, E.” I a*sure her. “Not for my sake. It should be fun for both of us, not
something you have to endure.”
“I’m not just saying it for you.” E insists. “I don’t like thinking that they still have so much power over
me. Maybe if I can get over that fear by recing the bad memories with some good ones… I can take
my power back.”
I narrow my eyes at the little minx, wondering if this is another tactic to convince me. E knows I’d do
anything to help her, and it would certainly be clever to turn the tables on me this way. However when I
look into her shining eyes, I see only sincerity. “Okay, one day when things are calmer, we can try.” I
decide, running my hands over her slick skin. “But if you give me reason to think you’re just humoring
me, you’re going to be in big trouble, baby.”
“I’m not!” E insists indignantly, sitting up and giving me a delectable view of water dripping down her
bare breasts. “I don’t know if it’s my wolfing out or what, but the more time that pa*ses, the more I
find myself craving your… well, your dominance.” She flushes bright red as the words leave her mouth,
and I’m relieved to see that all the heavy emotion of thest hour is starting to fade in favor of flirtation.
“It might be your wolf.” I confirm with a grin, sliding my palms up to cup her sensitive mounds, running
my thumbs over the tight buds at their center. E shivers and arches into my hands, delightfully
sensitive amidst her raging hormones. “Or maybe you’ve always been a secret S** fiend, and you just
needed time to tap into that part of yourself.”
E blinks, dropping her gaze for a moment before looking back up at me in surprise, as if she’s just
realized something. “Do you remember when we first found each other, and I was confused because I
felt like a different person with you? You said I was bing the person I was always meant to be, and
it just hadn’t been safe for me toe out of my shell before.”
“Mmm,” I rumble fondly, needing no help to recall our food fight. “As I recall you thought I was full of it.”
“But you were right.” E muses, sliding her arms around my neck. “My wolf recognized you even
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“Are you saying I’m right now too, and you are a S** fiend?” I joke, beyond pleased when her beautiful
laugh meets my ears.
“Only for you.” E grins, making my inner wolf swell with pride.
“Well you never have to worry about getting my dominance, trouble.” I tease, dragging her forward for a
kiss. “You know exactly how to bring it out.” I nip her plump lower lip and im her mouth again, the
pa*sion always simmering for this incredible woman surging to a sudden boil. I’m already fantasizing
about how I can create the most pleasure for us both without losing the stranglehold I’m keeping on my
mating instincts, when the bedroom door crashes open in the distance.
I smell Hugo before I see him, which is the only reason I don’t react more forcefully. Instead I simply
pull my mouth lips from E’s, my wolf going into high alert. If Hugo is barging in this way it must be an
emergency. E yelps when my Beta stalks in a momentter, E is hiding her face in my neck,
almost as though she thinks Hugo might not be able to see her if she can’t see him. I offer her a soft
purr, but I look up at my second-inmand with instant anxiety, “What’s wrong?”
He nces nervously at E, but I nod for him to continue. “One of our spies in the border territories
just called in an urgent warning. Apparently a coalition of rogue wolves is nning a a*sault on Moon
Valley. Their numbers are in the hundreds and they’reing at us from all sides. This isn’t just some
raid – it’s a highly coordinated attack and you can bet they didn’t organize it on their own.”
“When?” I demand sharply, already reaching for a towel. I slide E’s body off of mine, concealing her
beneath the bubbles of the deep bath and rising out of the water.
“Tonight.” Hugo sighs in exasperation. “We have maybe two hours to get reinforcements to our scouts.”
I swear viciously, the borders of Moon Valley extend for hundreds of miles, we don’t have enough time
to reach our most remote outposts, and those are probably the ones the rogues will be targeting first.
“Call in everyone you can and immediately deploy those already on duty. Send them to the most
vulnerable outposts first, and make sure everyone is fully briefed. Deploy the warning sirens and
release a bulletin to all the media outlets in the city, order an immediate lockdown and roll out the
emergency helpline for anyone who sights or encounters rogue aggressors. Tell them to issue
reminders on shelter locations, and set closing times for two hours from now. Have the hospitals initiate
their own emergency protocols and put out a call to any willing and able wolves who want to help
defend the city, but make the dangers damn clear. No one under 18.”
The words flow from my lips out of pure reflex, and Hugo immediately turns on his heel to carry out my
instructions. When he’s gone, I turn back to E, who is looking up at me with wide eyes. I pluck her
out of the bath and wrap her in a towel. “Listen to me, E. Your guards are going to take you to a safe
house and it’s critical that you stay there until the danger has pa*sed. I’lle for you as soon as I can,
but listen to the guards and don’t set a single foot outside until the all clear orders have been given.
Don’t open the door for anyone, and don’t even think about doing anything heroic. If you see an injured
child lying in the street, leave them for the guards to help. Do you understand me?”
E furrows her brow, unease flowing off her in waves “But where will you be? What are you going to
be doing?”
“I have to stand with my men.” I exin. “We’re going to need all the help we can get.”
“Fighting, you mean.” E rifies. “You’re going into battle?”
“Yes.” I answer simply, knowing I can’t shield her from the truth. “I wish I didn’t have to leave you, but I
can’t let other wolves defend my city without me.”
E’s lower lip, still swollen from my kisses, is trembling. “Do you promise that you’lle back to me?
“I’m not going to let some dirty rogue get the better of me, baby.” Taking her face in my hands, I
continue. “Now give me your word that you’ll do as I’ve asked.” Imand. “Go to the safe house,
listen to the guards, and wait for me.”
E nods shakily, and I pull her into my arms. Our lips collide with sudden desperation – as if we’re
both thinking the same thing. Just in case it’s for thest time. Suddenly I realize I never walked E
through the contingency ns she requested, like what to do if I’m killed. Unfortunately there’s no time
for that now. Her guards know what to do if the worst happens, and that will have to be enough for the
time being.
“I love you.” I profess, stealing onest kiss. “No matter what.”
“I love you too.” E answers, tears spilling down her cheeks. “Please be safe, Dominic.”
“Don’t worry, trouble. We’ll be together again before you know it.” I answer, but we both know that’s not
a promise I can make. Every time I go into battle, I do so knowing it might be the end, but I’ve never
had more of a reason to survive than I do now, and I’ll be damned if I’m going to let this be myst
moment with E. I’m going to make it – I have to.